When exploring downtown Los Angeles to build our game for the city, we discovered the Morgan Adams, Jr. Sculpture Garden at the front steps to the YMCA. This is a great place to take an afternoon walk if you work in DTLA or to explore if you are visiting Los Angeles and looking for something to do.

We took some time to transcribe the plaque for each sculpture in case anyone is doing research on the artists or on the Adams family (who generously donated the artwork for this park). Students and teachers are welcome to freely use the pictures in this blog post, we just ask that they are not used commercially.

Olympiade 1984

Waller Taylor, II

(1925 – 1991)
An outstanding civic leader and remarkable YMCA volunteer, known nationally and internationally as “Mr. YMCA”. Waller Taylor served as a member of the board of directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles for 35 years and as chairman for eleven years.
Asking nothing in return for his time and effort, he gave devoted and inspired leadership to the development of YMCA programs and facilities that will enrich the lives of youth, families, adults and senior citizens, throughout the Los Angeles area, for decades to come.
For his service, for his leadership, for his inspiration, the YMCA and the community remain forever grateful.

Share an unforgettable VD (Valentine’s Day, of course) with your sweetheart this year as you venture into downtown Los Angeles to save the city from a deadly epidemic!

In the contagious game of MetroDemic, teams of 2-4 people hustle on foot to interesting sites around downtown LA and solve challenge questions ranging from local trivia to scavenger hunt clues to viral current events. Our team of expert bumbling scientists will provide you with a map of outbreaks on your phone that evolves as you play based on how well your team is doing.

All of the outbreak sites are within a 10 minute walk of the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. Can you and your Valentine’s date eradicate the most outbreaks and save the most lives in 90 minutes?

While creating our company team building course in downtown Los Angeles, we came across a number of interesting historical markers in the Bunker Hill area. On this page, you’ll find pictures of those historic markers along with a transcription so you don’t ruin your eyes trying to read them!

Angel’s Knoll

Built in 1901 by Colonel J.W. Eddy, Lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel’s Flight is said ot be the world’s shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled by cables, travel a 33 percent grade for 315 feet. It is estimated that Angel’s Flight has carried more passengers per mile than any other railway in the world, over a hundred million in it first fifty years. This incline railway is a public utility operating under a franchise granted by the City of Los Angeles.

Marked by Beverly Hills Parlor #289. Daughters of the Golden West. November 1952.

This is a page dedicated to irreverent and ridiculous of public art in downtown Los Angeles. The artists, titles, and locations are 100% true, but beyond that all bets are off!

Mind, Body, and Spirit

Gidon Graetz, 1986

This sculpture symbolizes the uniting power of soft-serve ice cream among the bitter reality of international politics. The separation between layers is a reminder that in Los Angeles, there is always tension in the presence of good things. As you lick this sculpture up, dare to dream about our society as a melting pot of chocolate and vanilla goodness.